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Buddha Air

Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd is an airline based in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, near Patan. It operates domestic as well as international services within Nepal and India, serving mainly large towns and cities in Nepal. Currently, it operates 33 flight routes in around 15 destinations of Nepal and an international flight to Varanasi of India. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. It was the largest domestic carrier in terms of passengers carried in 2020.

The airline was established on 23 April 1996 as a Private Limited Company by Surendra Bahadur Basnet, a retired Supreme Court judge and former government minister; and his son Birendra Bahadur Basnet. The name of the airline is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Buddha’, a title used for the much revered Siddhartha Gautama. Operations commenced on 11 October 1997 with a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest using a brand new Beechcraft 1900D. In 2001, the airline partnered with the Bhutanese flag carrier Druk Air by whom an aircraft was chartered. Within ten years the company had expanded to a fleet of seven 1900Ds. In 2008 a loan from the International Finance Corporation allowed the company to expand further by purchasing two ATR 42 aircraft. Buddha Air took delivery of its first 70-seat ATR 72-212 in June 2010.

In 2020, Buddha Air announced first plans to enter the rural aviation market in Nepal by serving smaller STOL-airfields by Fall 2021. This subsidiary called Yashodhara Air was set up in January 2021 with the aim of operating by 2022.

Buddha Air became the first international airline to operate charters to Paro Airport in Bhutan in August 2010.

In 2011, Buddha Air began international flights from Pokhara Airport to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, however these flights were discontinued soon after. The airline also announced plans to fly to New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in the future. Internationally, Varanasi Airport is also seasonally served from Tribhuvan International Airport.

Buddha Air (U4)
Airlines : Buddha Air
Schedule : Domestic Flight
Effective from : 01 February 2020

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Bhadrapur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 952

1025

1110

2700

27

 

Bhadrapur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4  954

1420

1505

2700

27

 

Bhadrapur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4  956

1620

1705

2700

27

 

Bhadrapur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4  958

1800

1845

2700

27

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 852

0905

0940

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4  854

1210

1245

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 856

1315

1450

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 858

1610

1645

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 860

1705

1740

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 804

1805

1840

1850

19

 

Bhairahawa

Pokhara

Daily

U4 682

1110

1130

1850

19

 

Bharatpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 352

0945

1010

965

10

 

Bharatpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 354

1145

1210

965

10

 

Bharatpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 356

1235

1300

965

10

 

Bharatpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 358

1425

1450

965

10

 

Bharatpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 360

1515

1540

965

10

 

Bharatpur

Pokhara

Daily

U4 642

1000

1020

965

10

 

Biratnagar

Pokhara

1,5

U4 672

1310

1410

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 702

0940

1020

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 704

1135

1215

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 706

1325

1405

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 708

1405

1445

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 710

1535

1615

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 716

1640

1720

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 712

1800

1840

2160

22

 

Biratnagar

Tumlingtar

3,5,7

U4 692

1145

1205

2160

22

 

Dhangadhi

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 252

0935

1035

3975

40

 

Janakpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 502

0920

0950

1155

12

 

Janakpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 504

1405

1135

1155

12

 

Janakpur

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 506

1810

1840

1155

12

 

Kathmandu

Bhadrapur

Daily

U4 951

0905

0950

2700

27

 

Kathmandu

Bhadrapur

Daily

U4 953

1300

1345

2700

27

 

Kathmandu

Bhadrapur

Daily

U4 955

1500

1545

2700

27

 

Kathmandu

Bhadrapur

Daily

U4 957

1650

17000

2700

27

 

Kathmandu

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4 851

0800

0835

1850

19

 

Kathmandu

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4  853

1100

1135

1850

19

 

Kathmandu

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4  857

1505

1540

1850

19

 

Kathmandu

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4  859

1600

1635

1850

19

 

Kathmandu

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4  803

1705

1740

1850

19

 

Kathmandu

Bharatpur

Daily

U4  351

0900

0925

965

10

 

Kathmandu

Bharatpur

Daily

U4  353

1100

1125

965

10

 

Kathmandu

Bharatpur

Daily

U4  355

1145

1210

965

10

 

Kathmandu

Bharatpur

Daily

U4  357

1340

1405

965

10

 

Kathmandu

Bharatpur

Daily

U4  359

1430

1455

965

10

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  701

0830

0910

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  703

1030

1110

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  705

1220

1300

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  707

1300

1340

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  709

1430

1510

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  715

1530

1610

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  711

1615

1655

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Biratnagar

Daily

U4  713

1700

1740

2160

22

 

Kathmandu

Dhangadhi

Daily

U4  252

0935

1050

3975

40

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  101

0630

0730

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4 102

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  100

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  400

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  500

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  200

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Everest Experience

Daily

U4  300

0630

0720

3090

31

 

Kathmandu

Janakpur

Daily

U4 501

0850

0920

1155

12

 

Kathmandu

Janakpur

Daily

U4 503

1315

1345

1155

12

 

Kathmandu

Janakpur

Daily

U4 505

1720

1750

1155

12

 

Kathmandu

Nepalgunj

Daily

U4  451

0800

0850

2930

29

 

Kathmandu

Nepalgunj

Daily

U4  403

1200

1250

2930

29

 

Kathmandu

Nepalgunj

Daily

U4  405

1645

1735

2930

29

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  604

0800

0825

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  606

0910

0935

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  608

1045

1110

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  614

1140

1205

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  602

1210

1235

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  610

1230

1255

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  616

1440

1505

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  620

1520

1545

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Pokhara

Daily

U4  618

1600

1625

1425

14

 

Kathmandu

Simara

Daily

U4  551

0730

0750

810

8

 

Kathmandu

Simara

Daily

U4 555

1300

1320

810

8

 

Kathmandu

Simara

Daily

U4 561

1600

1620

810

8

 

Kathmandu

Simara

Daily

U4 563

1700

1720

810

8

 

Kathmandu

Surkhet

Daily

U4 133

0830

0940

3110

31

 

Kathmandu

Tumlingtar

1,2,3,4,5,7

U4 281

1020

1055

1660

17

 

Nepalgunj

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 452

0925

1015

2930

29

 

Nepalgunj

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 404

1325

1415

2930

29

 

Nepalgunj

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 406

1810

1915

2930

29

 

Pokhara

Bhairahawa

Daily

U4 681

1035

1055

1160

12

 

Pokhara

Bharatpur

Daily

U4 641

0925

0945

1000

10

 

Pokhara

Biratnagar

1,5

U4 671

1145

1245

8255

131

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 604

0800

0825

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 606

0910

0935

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 608

1045

1110

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 614

1140

1205

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 602

1505

1530

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 610

1230

1255

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 616

1440

1505

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 620

1520

1545

1425

14

 

Pokhara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 618

1600

1625

1425

14

 

Simara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 552

0800

0820

810

8

 

Simara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 556

1335

1355

810

8

 

Simara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 558

1545

1605

810

8

 

Simara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 560

1600

1620

810

8

 

Simara

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 562

1630

1650

810

8

 

Surkhet

Kathmandu

Daily

U4 134

1000

1110

3110

31

 

Tumlingtar

Biratnagar

7,3,5

U4 691

1110

1130

965

10

 

Tumlingtar

Kathmandu

1,2,3,4,5,7

U4 282

1110

1145

1660

17